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10 <br /> City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br /> August 22, 2000 <br /> • Page 9 <br /> 1 C. Hillcrest(Apache)Project Items: <br /> 2 1 Resolution 00-066, re Preliminary and Final Development Plans for Apache <br /> 3 Plaza property. <br /> 4 Mayor Cavanaugh stated this item has been before the Planning Commission and Council <br /> 5 since January and the consideration tonight is approval of the development plans and <br /> 6 rezoning to a PUD which will allow the community and developer a measure of <br /> 7 flexibility. He stated he has received a request from Mr. Shardlow, Mr. Tankenoff, and <br /> 8 the community to speak. He invited John Shardlow, DSU, to speak first noting the <br /> 9 Council can ask questions during any of the presentations. <br /> 10 Mr. Shardlow presented the latest revisions as detailed in Mr. Gleekel's August 17, 2000 <br /> 11 letter to the City, revised Exhibits A, B, O and P. He advised the applicant has agreed to <br /> 12 upgrade the baseline facade treatment to be Exhibit I which is a higher quality exterior <br /> 13 finish than previously agreed to. <br /> 14 Scott Tankenoff, managing partner of Hillcrest Development, distributed a letter <br /> 15 indicating Liberty's interest in the project. He advised that Liberty has met with City <br /> 16 staff to present their company's history and goals. <br /> �7 Paul Malone,-Liberty Vice President of Planning& Research, introduced himself and <br /> 8 Liberty, explaining they offer checks but the larger part of their business is to provide <br /> 19 Internet website hosting, Internet banking, and marketing services to credit services. He <br /> 20 advised of their current office space, number of employees, and need to expand their <br /> 21 corporate offices. He stated they believe St. Anthony would be a great geographic <br /> 22 market in a good employee market. Mr. Malone stated the image they cast to their <br /> 23 customers is very important as being professional, capable, and a good value. In that <br /> 24 effort, a remodeling of Apache Plaza to reuse existing buildings and not contribute to <br /> 25 sprawl is supported by their-corporate image. He stated they have been negotiating a <br /> 26 lease with Hillcrest since February but cannot sign a lease until the plans are furthered <br /> 27 through a PUD process. However, they have drafted a letter of understanding with only <br /> 28 two outstanding business issues so he expects, if approved, they will sign a lease within <br /> 29 several weeks and take occupancy as soon as possible. <br /> 30 Thuesen welcomed Mr. Malone and stated it is important for the Council and community <br /> 31 to meet a possible entity for this site. He asked questions of Mr. Malone with regard to <br /> 32 the level of quality and aesthetics of the.building, where Liberty sees themselves in the <br /> 33 future as a long-term tenant at this site, and what happens should the check market fail. <br /> 34 Mr. Malone stated it would be important for their building to be viewed as an attractive <br /> 35 building and advised that concern was raised by corporate officers that the other users <br /> 36 along Silver Lake Road may..detract to their building so they would prefer to have a <br /> 37 building that is visually separated from other current uses. He explained that if all the <br /> • <br />